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            <p>The <tt class="interfacename">Options</tt> dialog enables users to specify their
               			preference of programs that will be invoked to perform operations such as editing and
               			performing difference comparison between files. Following is a list of diff applications that
               			can be used.
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                              				<span><b class="application">kdiff3</b></span>
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                     <p>KDiff3 is a program that compares or merges two or three text input files or
                        				directories, showing the differences line by line and character by character. KDiff3
                        				provides an automatic merge-facility and an integrated editor for comfortable solving of
                        				merge-conflicts. The program also supports KIO on KDE (allows accessing ftp, sftp, fish, smb
                        				etc.), and has an intuitive graphical user interface. More information and downloads are
                        				available from the <a href="http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">KDiff3 Web Site</a>.
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                              				<span><b class="application">Kompare</b></span>
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                     <p>Kompare is a KDE frontend to the Open Source diff application. Kompare is shipped as
                        				part of the KDE SDK. More information is available from the <a href="http://www.kde.org/" target="_top">KDE Web Site</a>.
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                              				<span><b class="application">xxdiff</b></span>
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                     <p>xxdiff is a graphical file and directories comparator and merge tool. xxdiff is useful
                        				for comparing two files, three files, or two directories (shallow and recursive). It
                        				provides horizontal diffs highlighting and files can be merged interactively with
                        				visualization and saving of the resulting output. xxdiff has features to assist in
                        				performing merge reviews/policing and can unmerge CVS conflicts in automatically merged file
                        				and display them as two files, to help resolve conflicts. xxdiff uses external diff programs
                        				to compute differences: works with GNU diff, SGI diff and ClearCase's cleardiff, and any
                        				other similar diff tools. More information and downloads can be found at the <a href="http://xxdiff.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">xxdiff Web Site</a>. 
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                              				<span><b class="application">TkDiff</b></span>
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                     <p>TkDiff is a graphical front end to the diff program. It provides a side-by-side view of
                        				the differences between two files, along with several innovative features such as diff
                        				bookmarks and a graphical map of differences for quick navigation. More information and
                        				download can be found on the <a href="http://tkdiff.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">TkDiff Web Site</a>.
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                              				<span><b class="application">GTKdiff</b></span>
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                     <p>GTKdiff is a graphical diff tool. It has diff3 and merge features. It's written with
                        				GTK+. After gtkdiff-0.8.0, it requires <a href="http://www.gnome.org/" target="_top">GNOME</a>.
                        				More information and download can be found the <a href="http://home.catv.ne.jp/pp/ginoue/software/gtkdiff/index-e.html" target="_top">GTKdiff Web Site</a>.
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                              				<span><b class="application">Meld</b></span>
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                     <p>Meld is a visual diff and merge tool. It integrates especially well with CVS. The diff
                        				viewer lets you edit files in place (diffs update dynamically), and a middle column shows
                        				detailed changes and allows merges. The margins show location of changes for easy
                        				navigation, and it also features a tabbed interface that allows you to open many diffs at
                        				once. More information and download can be found the <a href="http://meld.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">Meld Web Site</a>.
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                              				<span><b class="application">ExamDiff</b></span>
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                     <p>ExamDiff Pro is a powerful yet intuitive and easy to use visual file and directory
                        				comparison tool for Windows. It features unique functionality that distinguishes ExamDiff
                        				Pro from other comparison programs. If you used WinDiff or UNIX diff before, you will find
                        				that ExamDiff Pro offers much more efficient and user-friendly way to compare files and
                        				folders. More information and download can be found the <a href="http://www.prestosoft.com/" target="_top">PrestoSoft</a> the developers of ExamDiff.
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